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Mariah Carey noted that her lawyer got into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before her, following her recent induction snub. Mariah Carey's lawyer Allen Grubman is a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and was inducted into the prestigious list back in 2022. Apart from Carey, Grubman has represented a slew of other prominent artists like Madonna, Elton John, and Sting, among others.
Mariah Carey was nominated for this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in February of this year but didn't make the cut when the final list of inductees was released in April. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Wednesday, October 30, the All I Want for Christmas Is You hitmaker said that her exact thoughts on the snub were simply "I didn’t get in". Mariah Carey added:
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"Everybody was calling me going, “I think you’re getting in!” and so I was excited about it. But then it didn’t happen. My lawyer [Allen Grubman] got into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before me."
Mariah Carey's lawyer Allen Grubman was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022
Entertainment attorney Allen Grubman is an extremely familiar face in the entertainment business. Grubman's impressive list of clientele includes legendary artists like Madonna, Elton John, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, U2, Lionel Richie, Lady Gaga, and as mentioned earlier, Mariah Carey herself, among others.
Grubman, a Brooklyn Law School alumnus, helms Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, the largest U.S. law firm specializing in media, entertainment, and sports law. Allen hails from a working-class Crown Heights, Brooklyn background and initially began his career as a singer on NBC's Horn & Hardart Children’s Hour before shifting to the business aspect of the industry following a vocal change.
In an interview with Brooklyn Law Notes in 2010, Grubman revealed that he was brought up "modestly". He said:
"I remembered when I was on the show everyone appeared to love what they did. They took us to great restaurants. I was taken to rehearsal in a limousine. I knew then that I wanted to be an entertainment lawyer."
According to the official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame website, Allen Grubman "changed the music business". He was even among the co-founders of the organization in 1983. According to the website, the lawyer was credited for "negotiating ground-breaking long-term agreements" for his clients which allowed them to exercise creative control over their work.
Grubman is beloved by his clients, as exemplified by Bruce Springsteen giving him a shoutout during his 1999 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech. Later in 2022, Grubman became the first lawyer to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame when he was inducted by another one of his star clients, John Mellencamp, in the Ahmet Ertegun Award category.
However, Grubman's induction was not without controversy. Fellow co-founder Jann Wenner was not too fond of the lawyer's induction. Wenner served as the foundation's chairman from 2006 through 2020 before announcing his retirement. Jann Wenner himself was inducted into the same category in 2004 for his contributions to music journalism. Billboard quoted Wenner in a 2022 report stating:
"After I resigned, I was told that music business power-brokers on the board were going to be inducted. These individuals had made not one iota of difference to the history, present or future of the creation of music, which was the explicit criterion. But they had accumulated influence and wealth. It was an inside job,"
However, Wenner was ousted from the Rock Hall board in 2023 following a controversial interview with The New York Times, where he claimed that female and black artists were not articulate or intellectual enough to be included in his book, The Masters.
Mariah Carey has been eligible for a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction since 2016 but only received her first nomination earlier this year. The latest class of inductees included names like Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest.
